DCHP-1 Online
treaty coat Hist. 
a resplendent coat given to certain Indian chiefs at the original taking of treaty (def. la).
See also: captain's coat treaty (def. 1a)
- 1964 . . . One can sense the proud dignity of Old Sun of the Blackfoot as he greets a NWMP corporal in the original treaty coat given him by the government at the signing of the Blackfoot treaty in 1877. . . .
- 1964 . . . One can sense the proud dignity of Old Sun of the Blackfoot as he greets a NWMP corporal in the original treaty coat given him by the government at the signing of the Blackfoot treaty in 1877. . . .